While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Nobuko Otowa
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kei Satō
Jūkichi Uno
Taiji Tonoyama
Someshō Matsumoto
Kentarô Kaji
Fudeko Tanaka
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Hiroshi Tanaka
Kanzō Uni
Hosui Araya
Michinori Yoshida
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Nobuko Shimakage